Cigarette mouthpiece



June 3, 1930. .1. w. GIBSON CIGARETTE MOUTHPIECE Filed March 28, 1928 f4 l V INVENToR.

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` ATTORNEY Patented June 3,y 1930 UNITED STATES JOHN W. GIBSON, F OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA CIGARETTE MOUTHPIEGE Application lett March 28, 1928. Serial No. 265,311.

My invention relates to an improvement in the manufacture of cigarettes, and an object vided with a trap which will prevent smallv particles of tobacco and moisture from the cigarette from entering the mouth of the smoker.

A further object of the invention is to provide a ci garette mouthpiece which is highly useful and simple in construction. Convenient of arrangement, lightness, and comparative ineXpense of manufacture are further objects which have been borne in mind in the production and development of the invention. s

lVit-h the foregoing and other objects in view, which will be made manifest inthe following detailed description and specifically pointed out in the appended claims, refer- 5 ence is had to the accompanying drawings for the illustrative embodiment of the invention, wherein:

Figure l is a perspective View of a cigarette with the mouthpiece of my invention attachedto one end thereof;

Figure 2 is a side sectional view of my mouthpiece showing the manner in which it is secured to a cigar-ette;

Figure 3 is an end view of the mouthpiece r shown in Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a side sectional,` View of a modified form of my invention; and

Fignre'5 is an end View of the invention shown in Figure '4f Referring to the accompanying drawings wherein similar reference characters designate similar parts thruout, the reference numeral 1 indicates the mouthpiece member in its entiretyr and shown secured to one end of a ciagrette 2. The mouthpiece member 1 may be made of any suitable material such as cork and may beI secured to the cigarette by any adhesive substance. Said mouthpiece comprises a tubular body portion 3. A

thimble 4 is secured in one end of the tubular body portion 3, the open end of Said thimble being flush with the open end of said tubular body portion and the closed end 5 of said thimble being spaced from the end of said tubular body portion.

An aperture 6 is disposed in the closed end 5 of the thimble 4. The aperture 6 is suiiciently large to allowy the passage of smoke therethru and small enough to exclude the larger particles of tobacco from the thimble 4. Smaller particles of tobacco, such as t0- bacco dust, which may pass thru the aperture 6, are collected in the thimble 4 and do not enter the mouth of the smoker. The thimble 4 also serves to collect any moisture which may be drawn out of the cigarette during the smoking thereof, thereby preventing said moisture from entering the smokers mouth'.

The mouthpiece member l is particularly adapted to be placed on any type or make of cigarette without altering the 4construction thereof and without removing any of the tobacco therefrom., As can be seen from Figure 2, the cigarette 2 is inserted into the tubular body portion 3 until the end thereof abuts the `end portion of lthe thimble 4, whereupon the mouthpiece is secured to said cigarette by an adhesive material, suchas glue, a coating of which is placed on the inside periphery of the body portion 3. Particular attention is called to the fact that the closed end 6 of the thimble 4 is spaced from the end of the mouthpiece in such a manner as to eliminate the possibility of tearing the material of the end 6. c

In Figures 4 and 5,1 provide a mouthpiece similar to the one shown in Figures l, 2, and 3, the difference being that I interpose a small piece of gauze 7 or any other porous and ab.- sorbent material between the end of the cigarette 2 and the opening 6. The gauze 7 is adapted to (rover the opening zsaid gauze being secured'to the closed end portion 5. The vpurpose of this gauze is toprovide an additional means for preventing tobacco from entering the mouth, and also prevents the passage of nicotine through the opening 6 into the month. A

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction, use, and many advantages of the herein described cigarette mouthpiece will be adequately understood. It will be further understood that certain material aI- terations in the` construction may be effected 5 Without having a deleterious effect upon the eiiciency of my device. The minor details in the construction will at al1 times, ofcourse, be performed Within the scope and spirit of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I now claim as novel and Wish to secure as Letters Patent is: n

1. In combination with a cigarette, a mouthpiece comprising altubular body member for receiving therein the end of a cigarette, a thimble Within the tubular body member having a perforation in the bottom thereof and a fabricated strainer lying over the perforation.

2; In combination .i with a cigarette, a

mouthpiece comprising a-tubular body member for receiving therein the end of a cigarette, a thimble Within the tubular body member having a perforation in the bottom thereof, a fabricated strainer lying over the perforation and secured to the outer face of the bottom of the thimble.

In testimony whereof I aiix m signature. y JOHN W. IBSON 

